sweet inspiration & fun baking ideas

I love having cookies around. Whether I need a little pick me up or just a quick sugar fix. Having cookies handy is comforting. And knowing I can have one and be good or eight and feel good, cookies equal comfort for me.

And chocolate cookies. well they just make it all even better.

Chocolate cookies with chocolate chips.

Uh huh. That’s the stuff.

I found these dark chocolate chips at the grocery store and had to use them right away.

I guess they’re new from Nestle. It’s about time they joined the party. I love dark chocolate.

You had me sold at chocolate cookies with chocolate chips. But add some peanut butter in too?! I could probably eat the whole batch myself!

November 7, 2011 11:06 PM

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Bailey S. said...

* raises hand *

* sneaks off to kitchen to bake your cookies even though I’m in my pajamas and have already brushed my teeth *

November 7, 2011 11:10 PM

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Julie said...

these look sooo good but I’m allergic to peanuts .. boo!

November 7, 2011 11:12 PM

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Jen Kim said...

Mmm~ I was in a trance looking at the pictures and actually reached for my screen to grab a cookie~ They look so delicious!! I can’t wait to bake some up to really eat them~! Thank you for sharing this wonderful recipe~ =D

November 7, 2011 11:13 PM

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Emily said...

oh so yummy! I will admit to eating way too much cookie dough every once in a while!

Love these chips from Nestle. I was actually at Target today and discovered the “limited edition” dark chocolate and mint chips, also from Nestle. Good Lord I love this time of year!! ;)
Oh, and I regularly eat an abnormally large amount of still warm cookies. Good thing my 2 year old is my only witness!! :)

November 7, 2011 11:19 PM

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zuccherino said...

They look amazing! Unfortunately I don’t like peanut buttet, but I might substitute for nutella :)

November 7, 2011 11:19 PM

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Magdalena Vargas said...

Those look so GOOD!!! ;)

November 7, 2011 11:20 PM

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JennyB said...

Forget baking them. I would probably eat the dough before I could get them in the oven! Yummy!

Oooo YUM! My hand is raised so high it is touching the sky. Biccies straight from the oven are something I can’t resist. Sounds great can’t wait to try them out.

November 7, 2011 11:46 PM

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Aly said...

Those dark chocolate chips are the BEST! I keep them in a glass jar with a lid on my kitchen counter, if you don’t have cookies around a few of those will usually hold you over!

November 7, 2011 11:47 PM

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Gisela said...

Yes! Cookies do spell comfort for me. Had a really bad day today, so I whipped some chocolate chips cookies up, and (raises hand) I ate a hole bunch. I did share some with my 3 year old. I’ll have to make these next time.

November 7, 2011 11:49 PM

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Jane J said...

Oh my! Those look so good! I will definitely be making those! Thanks for sharing!

* hand raised *
I too am a sucker for the right out of the oven so hot you can almost not stand it cookie! That is why I love to keep homemade dough in the freezer. We love to put in 8 or so for a nice fresh baked dessert. That would be for two adults and 1 5 yr old. Now the twins r almost 1, we will have to make more!

I’ve eaten more cookies than I care to admit while still tongue-scaldingly hot!

I find that cookies with peanut butter taste divine right out of the oven, and while still good the next day, they lose their magic to a greater degree than most other cookies. Maybe they are just that amazing fresh-baked that anything else seems like a let-down!

November 8, 2011 01:18 AM

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cecily ruvalcaba said...

you need to make more recipe books!! one on cupcakes and another on cookies!!!

i heart bakerella!

cecily

PS these cookies look oh so yummy in my tummy like my daughter would say!

November 8, 2011 01:34 AM

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Jackie G. said...

“Just curious. Raise your hand if you’ve ever eaten an embarrassing amount of cookies before they can even cool.”

I let out an absurd cackle/chuckle when I saw that. Not because the mere thought was just that ridiculous, but because I can relate in such a ridiculous way. Thanks for that, Bakerella. I hope I didnt wake up my kids.

Thanks even more so for another recipe to try! My little dudes are going to flip their sugar-crazed lids when they hear about these. Youre such a cute little ball of talent and I love the recipes/ideas you always share! ^_^

I love you long time<3
….not my backside though…that part of me tries to hate you :p

November 8, 2011 02:00 AM

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snow said...

who can resist a warm cookie, fresh from the oven? ya gotta be crazy! love ‘em!!! love ‘em a little – or a lot – too much! ;o)

these cookies look YUMMY! i haven’t baked cookies for a while but i may need to make these. chocolate and peanut butter… omg!

Before they are cool? No way! I sometimes eat half of the dough if it’s not even baked! It’s so yummy! Thanks for sharing the recipe, as a real cookie addict I’ll try this soon! Have a nice day!
Regina

You had me at “chocolate”. I used some of the new dark chocolate chips a couple weeks ago when I made your triple chip cookies (with the dark chocolate instead of the butterscotch b/c I was out). They are truly awesome.

Yum! These look delish :) Love that they have a hint of p’butter too. . .my kids love the stuff — ha! I was thinking about rolling them in powdered sugar?? I just made a chocolate cookie recently and blogged about it. . .that’s what gave me the idea. I also discovered the dark chocolate chips for that recipe — I think they made all the difference.

November 8, 2011 07:58 AM

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nancy k. said...

Raising two hands and waving. I love baking cookies and happily have lots of friends who like being gifted with them, I always try at least one when I take a batch out of the oven. Have to test them, right??
I am happy to see Nestles is finally making darkchips and your cookie recipe seems a perfect place to use them. Can’t wait to try it. Thanks for sharing.
Hope you And your mom are doing well!

November 8, 2011 07:59 AM

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rita said...

These sound delish! Wish I hadn’t read this post on the bus to work. :-(

November 8, 2011 08:03 AM

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jess said...

So yummy. I want some NOW. Question though; what if using peanut butter is not an option?!

I am not a huge baker but these make me want to give it another chance!!

November 8, 2011 08:58 AM

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Lisa said...

If I wasn’t typing this I would have both hands raised! How many times a fresh cookie has burned my fingers or tongue and yet I reach for another one! I will definitely try this recipe for my Christmas goodie trays.

November 8, 2011 09:00 AM

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jess said...

Joan, there’s a print button right at the bottom of the pic of the cookies that says “enjoy” (above where the comments begin). press it, it takes you to another screen and then scroll to the bottom and hit “print”

November 8, 2011 09:09 AM

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Sylvie Greeniaus said...

What no stick!
Your photographing skills are comming along. Wowwy! Good for you…
Sylvie G Toronto

Your pictures are always gorgeous, but the one of the swirled cookie dough and the one with the chips going into the dough make me want to whip up a batch of cookies instantly, to get my cookie dough fix!

November 8, 2011 09:27 AM

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Toni said...

Bakerella,

I’m dying to try a new baking ingredient from Williams-Sonoma. Technically, it’s for making hot chocolate, but it’s just a can full of chocolate shavings. Last year I got the plain version, and mixed it into cakes, cookies, and brownies. The little flakes of chocolate just melt right into anything.

However, this year they have come out with a chocolate peppermint version, and the one I’m really excited about, Salted Caramel! I can’t wait to incorporate it as a new ingredient. If you come up with any great ideas, I’d love to hear them.

(Just search for Hot Chocolate on Williams-Sonoma.)

November 8, 2011 09:30 AM

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Casey said...

These look sooo yummy! But do you use salted or unsalted butter? Want to add these to my Christmas baking list!

November 8, 2011 09:37 AM

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Julie said...

Thanks for the laugh this morning. I need to run out and buy those dark chocolate chips! I can’t wait to make those yummy cookies!

November 8, 2011 09:44 AM

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Jordan said...

Totally making these this morning during a study break. Mmm mmm!

November 8, 2011 09:45 AM

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Heather S said...

One time I made some coconut macaroons knowing full well that my 2 little ones and husband wouldn’t eat them (don’t like coconut). I figured I’d give some away to friends, which I did…but my recipe makes a ton of cookies, so I still had lots left over (like a few dozen). I think those cookies were gone in less than 48 hrs. Yes, I had a tummy ache. No, I didn’t care. Yes, that incident probably accounts for some cavities. But, oh, were they divine.

November 8, 2011 09:54 AM

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Sherrie said...

I have a confession. I keep raw cookie dough (made with egg replacer) in the freezer for when I need a cookie fix.

My hand is raised high! I’m kind of a chocolate chip cookie purist, so I’ve never tried chocolate ones before…but I may be making these before the day is over:)

November 8, 2011 10:10 AM

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Arasia said...

I just got an oven not too long ago, i’m gonna try these out for the first bake in my oven!
Thanks, Bakerella! <3

November 8, 2011 10:12 AM

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Robin said...

I Love cookies….and I think they are the best thing I can cook. I have come up with a couple recipes of my own…Robin’s Cowgirl Cookies – a variation on Cowboy Cookies and a Cherry Cheesecake bar – which is almost cake like so you get a cookie and a cake all in one!

One word, because my husband might find this and compell me to bake: Nutella!

My husband would love these (though not as much as I would). I haven’t eaten a horrendous number of cookies straight from the oven since I was in grade school. I’m way more likely to shape them and a freeze them, so I can have one or two piping hot gooey cookies right from the oven.

November 8, 2011 10:42 AM

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Leigh said...

Love love love your photography which makes me want to immediately make whatever cookies you are showing? I am in the “warm out of the oven” club – I don’t care about eating the dough.
Thank you!

Oh dear… sadly, I have literally gobbled down an entire batch of cookies **intended** for someone else, then had to make more so I still had some to give away. These look so good! I LOVE how thick they turned out.